Kennebec Valley Community College is slated to reopen at 5 p.m. Tuesday after a bomb threat caused the campus to be evacuated earlier in the day.

Fairfield Police Chief Joseph Massey told News 8 that a search of the campus by police and drug-sniffing dogs ended around 12:15 p.m. with no sign of explosives.

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Police were called to the college around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday after the school reported that a student using the ladies' bathroom in Carter Hall had found the word "bomb" written on the wall. The school was evacuated and police began a search, Massey said.

Once police determined there was no danger, the campus was turned back over to college officials, Massey said. A message on the college's web site said the campus will reopen at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

A detective has been assigned to investigate the threat, Massey said. A bomb threat "might seem like a funny thing to do," Massey said, but it "causes an immense response from law enforcement."